Crime Reconstruction

DESCRIPTION

Crime Reconstruction, Second Edition is a working guide to the interpretation of physical evidence, designed for forensic generalists and those with multiple forensic specialties. It was developed to aid these forensic reconstructionists with the formulation of hypotheses and conclusions that stay within the known limits of forensic evidence. Crime Reconstruction begins with chapters on the history and ethics of crime reconstruction and then shifts to the more applied subjects of general reconstruction methods and practice standards. It concludes with chapters on courtroom conduct and evidence admissibility to prepare forensic reconstructionists for what awaits them when they take the witness stand. This new edition expands on the collaboration of forensic expertise brought together in the first edition with six all-new chapters and three new appendices. In addition, an Instructor’s Manual and other teaching materials are also available when adopted as a course text.

Crime Reconstruction is a watershed collaborative effort by internationally known, qualified and respected forensic science practitioners with generations of case experience. Forensic pioneers such as John D. DeHaan, John I. Thornton, and W. Jerry Chisum contribute chapters on arson reconstruction, trace evidence interpretation, advanced bloodstain interpretation, and reconstructionist ethics. Other chapters cover the subjects of shooting incident reconstruction, interpreting digital evidence, staged crime scenes, and examiner bias. Rarely have so many forensic giants collaborated, and never before have the natural limits of physical evidence been made so clear. This volume will once again serve as a valuable resource for forensic science practitioners, instructors and students alike.

KEY FEATURES

• Updates to the majority of chapters, to comply with the NAS Report.
• Six new chapters on Forensic Science, Crime Scene Investigation, Wound Pattern Analysis, Forensic Report Writing, Sexual Assault Reconstruction, and Reconstruction Court Presentation and Testimony.
• Updated with key terms, chapter summaries, discussion questions, and a comprehensive glossary; ideal for those teaching forensic science and crime reconstruction subjects at the college level.
• Provides clear practice standards and ethical guidelines for the practicing forensic scientist.

READERSHIP

• Forensic examiners, forensic scientists (fingerprint, ballistics and trace evidence experts), crime lab personnel, and special victim and criminal investigators. Police officers, forensic nurses, and pathologists, and criminal lawyers. Advanced forensic science students.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• SECTION 1: THE FORENSIC EXAMINER
• Chapter 1 Forensic Science
  W. Jerry Chisum and Brent E. Turvey
• Chapter 2 A History of Crime Reconstruction
  W. Jerry Chisum and Brent E. Turvey
• Chapter 3 Crime Reconstruction: Ethos and Ethics
  John I. Thornton
• Chapter 4 Observer Effects and Examiner Bias: Psychological Influences on the Forensic Examiner
  Craig Cooley and Brent E. Turvey
• Chapter 5 Practice Standards for the Reconstruction of Crime
  W. Jerry Chisum and Brent E. Turvey

• SECTION 2: THE CRIME SCENE
• Chapter 6 Evidence Dynamics
  W. Jerry Chisum and Brent E. Turvey
• Chapter 7 Crime Scene Investigation
  W. Jerry Chisum, Brent E. Turvey, and Jodi Freeman
• Chapter 8 Methods of Crime Reconstruction
  W. Jerry Chisum and Brent E. Turvey
• Chapter 9 Staged Crime Scenes
  Brent E. Turvey and W. Jerry Chisum

• SECTION 3: THE PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
• Chapter 10 Trace Evidence in Crime Reconstruction
  Meagan B. Gallagher and John I. Thornton
• Chapter 11 Wound Pattern Analysis
  Brent E. Turvey
• Chapter 12 Reconstruction Using Bloodstain Evidence
  W. Jerry Chisum
• Chapter 13 Shooting Incident Reconstruction, Part I
  Bruce R. Moran
• Chapter 14 Shooting Incident Reconstruction, Part II
  Bruce R. Moran
• Chapter 15 Fire Scene Reconstruction
  John D. DeHaan
• Chapter 16 Sexual Assault: Issues in Evidence Examination and Interpretation
  Brent E. Turvey and Charla Jamerson
• Chapter 17 Reconstructing Digital Evidence
  Eoghan Casey

• SECTION 4: THE COURTROOM
• Chapter 18 Crime Reconstruction: Expert Testimony and the Law
  Craig M. Cooley
• Chapter 19 Forensic Examination Reports
  W. Jerry Chisum, Brent E. Turvey and Jodi Freeman
• Chapter 20 Reconstruction Court Presentation and Testimony
  W. Jerry Chisum and Brent E. Turvey, and Jodi Freeman

• Appendix I: Crime Reconstruction Report - Sharp Force Homicide - Brent E. Turvey
• Appendix II: Bloodstain Pattern Case Study - W. Jerry Chisum
• Appendix III: Staged Crime Scene Analysis - Brent E. Turvey

AUTHOR

By W. Jerry Chisum, Retired, past President of California Association of Criminalists and American Society of Crime Lab Directors, Elk Grove, CA, USA and Brent E. Turvey, Forensic Solutions LLC, Sitka, AK, USA